GEOG 3205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Deindustrialization, Economic Mobility
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What is poverty: an absolute minimum amount of income needed to sustain a healthy & minimally comfortable life. Spatial manifestations of urban poverty: urbanization of poverty. More poor people moving into urban areas. Urban poverty is different from rural poverty: consequences of concentrations of poverty: Fewer opportunities for building wealth (through homeownership) Neighborhood effects: peer effects, social control, limited opportunities & resources, stigma & spatial discrimination, gautreaux program supports idea that neighborhoods matter, behavioral forces. William julius wilson"s idea of social & spatial isolation. Social mobility: equality of opportunity project. Children born in the bottom 20% of income distribution have only a 4. 4% chance of moving up to the top 20% of income distribution in their lifetime. Charlotte ranks the worst of the 50 largest u. s. cities: response to charlotte"s lack of social mobility. Addressing systematic barriers to economic mobility early childhood education, college & career readiness, segregation & social capital.
